Display-rack.



3. S. CLINTON.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION man APR. 12, 19:5.

31%331 wm Patented July 3, 1917.

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JAMES S. CLINTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Application filed April 12, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. CLINTON, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Iiacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display racks and has for its object the production of an im proved form of such racks.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation;

F 2 is a side elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Two wires are bent at right angles to provide vertical parts 10 and horizontal parts 11. The horizontal parts 11 are connected together by transverse wires 12, 13 and 14, and the vertical parts 10 are connected together by a transverse Wire 15. The wires 12, 18 and 1 1 are conveniently connected to the parts 11 by brazing or soldering. The

wire 15 is made longer than the distancebetween the uprights 10, and is twisted with these uprights to form twists 16. Above the twists 16 the two wires lie parallel with each other with a slight distance between, and terminating in loops 17. The space between the wires 10 and 15 above the twists 16 furnish a convenient holder for a card 18 on which may be printed matter descriptive of the material displayed on the rack.

Secured at about 45 degrees to the parts 10 and 11 are wires 19 which act as braces between 10 and 11 and which have their lower ends turned upward to form supporting arms 20. Above the junction with the parts 10, the wires 19 are bent forward parallel with arms 20 and then downward to form retaining prongs or hooks 21. The central parts of the wires 19 are supported by vertical wires 22 which may be, and preferably are, extensions of the wire 13. The central parts of the wires 19 are also tied together by a transverse wire 23 which has its ends turned upward to furnish side arms 24.

As thus constructed the rack is adapted to receive and suitably support paste board boxes containing bakery or other goods. To enable the goods to be displayed and at the same time to be protected, a special cover is provided which has a definite re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917. Serial No. 20,655.

lationiship to the rack and to the box which fits into the rack. This cover consists of a metal cap 25 which fits the upper end of the box 26 and is held in place by the retaining prongs 21 extending over the cap 25. To the cap 25 is hinged a ,door 27 having a pane of glass 28 held therein. The incline of the box 26 and the height of the cap 25 are so related to the card holding extensions of parts 10 and 15 that the door 27, when open, rests against the loops 17, and is thereby supported when the goods are being examined.

In operating the device the ordinary cover is removed from the box 26, and the cap 25 with its door 27 is put in place on the box. The end of the box having the cap 25 is then inserted under the retaining prongs 21, there being some space beyond the upper end of the box so that the lower end may pass to position above the arms 20. The side arms 2% hold the box from lateral displacement.

It will be observed that the members 10, 11 and 19 form substantial braces connected together by'the transverse wires. Also, that bending the ends of the wires 19 and 23 up ward result in forming an inclined box hold ing receptacle.

What I claim is:-

1. In a display rack for supporting a box with a cap and hinged door, two wires bent to have horizontal and vertical portions, transverse wires connecting the two wires together, inclined wires in the form of braces between said horizontal and vertical portions, said inclined Wires having their lower ends bent to form supporting arms and their upper ends bent into the form of hooks, said hooks being adapted to hold the cap in place and prevent its displacement when the door is raised or lowered.

2. In a display rack, an inclined box holding receptacle formed of horizontal, vertical and inclined wires, transverse wires connecting said wires together and bent at their ends to prevent lateral displacement of the box, said inclined wires being bent at the bottom to form supporting arms for the box and bent into the form of hooks at the top, said hooks being adapted to hold in place a cap on the box to prevent displacement.

3. In a display rack made of wires bent to form horizontal and vertical portions,

transverse Wires connecting said Wires together, one of said transverse Wires being bent at the ends to form side guides for a box to be placed thereon, and another of said transverse Wires being united at its ends With the vertical Wires to form a card holder, inclined Wires between the horizontal and vertical portions, said inclined Wires being bent at their lower ends to form supporting arms for the box and at their upper ends to form hooks, said hooks being adapted to hold a cap on the box frorrtdisplace-v ment.

a. In a display rack, Wires bent to form a box supporting incline with Wires projecting upward on the four sides of the box,

of April, 1915.

JAMES s. CLINTON.

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